assistirfilmes Chapter 350 – Opening shot
Chapter 350 – Opening shot
Nesha took a deep breath after the other, activating Circulation. Soon, a series of black circles of various sizes formed on her skin, many crossing freely over one another while others appeared perfectly isolated. At the same time, a jagged set of brown lines branched out of her abdomen, glowing all over her body like a bunch of cracks.
It sucked she couldn’t tap into Synchronization like this, but she’d still take a Green core over a slightly stronger boosting art any day of the week. Glancing at her companions, she noticed they were done with their preparations too.
‘Are you ready?’ Percy’s clone asked.
It was weird to hear his voice ringing through her soul again, after so many years. She didn’t miss the worry in his tone either. In some ways, she had the easiest job, since she was the only one who wouldn’t have to fight against a Blue – hopefully. Then again, everyone understood this was her first real battle – the first time she had to fight a human mage without help. If that wasn’t enough, she might have to face the most opponents – a whopping seven of them at once in the worst-case scenario!
This was over twice as many Greens as Elaine had fought outside Goldenfield town!
Granted, Nesha was a lot stronger right now than Elaine had been before the start of their training. Not only due to her second core, but also due to the nature of her primary affinity and the countless traps she had prepared. She wasn’t the inexperienced girl she’d once been, having pitted herself against hundreds of powerful monsters over the years.
All of them had.
Still, there was a huge gap between a beast and a person. If not in raw power, then certainly in intelligence. Keeping so many enemies from interfering with the others was bound to be tricky. Well, if she got lucky, Elaine might take one or two out before the start of the battle, but this wasn’t something she could count on.o their feet. By the time Elaine reached them, they had all turned to face her. That said, Percy’s cousin didn’t seem deterred in the slightest. She was by far the most powerful being in the entire Valley, and she clearly knew it.
She must’ve unleashed her domain, judging from the enemy Greens shuddering under the invisible pressure. And that was merely the beginning. Drawing a frightening amount of mana from both her cores, Elaine manifested several enormous tentacles, each of them descending on her opponents with enough force to pulverize a house.
Four of the surviving Greens jumped out of the way clumsily, though it looked like the last two were about to get crushed!
Unfortunately, the Blues intervened at the last second to protect them. A pair of giant hands made of mud rose before Acton and one of the Greens, blocking the whips aimed at them. At the same time, two curtains of steam shielded another Blue – the second Holy Child – and one of his subordinates. The other three Blues also defended themselves with all sorts of glowing barriers – a cyan bubble of pure mana, a spinning wheel made of dozens of rotating wind blades and a flash of lightning that pierced through the descending whip, evaporating it in mid-air.
Five powerful domains slammed onto Elaine’s, pushing hers back with ease. Some of the pressure even found its way to Percy and Nesha, almost causing them to stumble.
That said, there was no way Nesha would let go of the chance to take another opponent out.
She turned towards the Green closest to her – a blonde woman who appeared disoriented, still clearly shaken by the suddenness of the ambush. Nesha compressed the space separating them, crossing half the distance in a single step as her body stretched into a weird shape.
Before the woman even realized what was going on, her torso exploded in shards of bone and bits of flesh, a flock of butterflies emerging victoriously from within.
Nesha wanted to keep going – to take another enemy out. But three spells were already descending upon her – one of them having even come from a Blue. Gritting her teeth, she took a step back through the still-compressed patch of space behind her, barely avoiding getting ground to dust by the attacks.
Elaine must’ve noticed, manifesting more whips and putting more strength behind her domain to stop four of the Blues from harassing her and Percy. The only one she didn’t attack was a tall young man in elegant clothes. His unassuming features had twisted into a condescending smirk upon noticing their grades, his long, brown hair fluttering wildly behind him as will and mana clashed.
The man was naturally Acton – who had all grown up by now.
Yet, the smile froze on his lips the following instant, his head jerking up in surprise. Nesha saw nothing there, but she guessed the storm of invisible scythes Percy had brewed had already entered the sadistic bastard’s domain.
Leaping back to avoid them, Acton was forced to put some distance from Elaine, as Percy chased after him, aggressively pushing him back.
On the other side of the battlefield, Nesha noticed a giant crow flying, four sets of glowing lines decorating his plumage with all sorts of intricate patterns as he took advantage of the chaos to slip away.
‘Good... he made it out in time...’ Percy’s clone said, a wave of relief rippling through both of their souls.
Nesha didn’t get to dwell on her companions for much longer though, as the five surviving Greens had already grouped up, flinging their spells at her. Having correctly estimated that she would take them out one by one if they let her, they had clearly decided to gang up on her before assisting their leaders.
Nesha took another step back to avoid the attacks, splitting her focus between preparing a new flock of butterflies, and keeping her escape route open.
Recalling the crow’s bloodied feathers as he shielded her from Grian’s attacks with his own body all those years ago, her lips curled upwards.
‘Time to pay you back for that.’